Back in its day this thing was cutting edge as was 64K memory just to give you an idea how old it is, we bought two at the time which was one for him and one for me - his one died eventually so I gave him mine and now that's dead. The problem I'm having is getting a replacement, the requirements are small, keyboard and simple so Windows/Palm devices are mainly out the window. I've seen some of these type devices still for sale but any I can find reviews for seem to be pretty bad and on looking at pictures they seem to be more basic than the Tandy one he has (no graphical display).

The other option I'm considering is an old Psion PDA as I think some of these are reasonably small although I'm not sure about these as they may be too big for his use and the later ones like the Revo tend to use a proprietary battery which is no good as they cost more than the Revo's worth! I'm sure there's some people with fond memories for Psion though so any recommendations welcome, they always seemed built to last and the interface seemed fairly graphical and easy to use. I've found a Siena for sale which seems to be small and powered on AA batteries so I'm considering that model.

Thanks,John

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I have been trialling the Nokia N810 and the iPaq 214 for work purposes - if it wasnt for some specific requirements I would have chosen the N810 over the iPaq... it may be a little complex but it is cheap and I though easy to use as it is debian based... cheap from play at a little over £100

I thought this was a bit of a simple request, but I see the problem, no one makes nice simple electronic address books anymore! I thought of Sharp and Casio, but I can't find any on their sites. Ebay does reveal a few that look like they'll do the job though.

I found the Sharp one and it looks good but unfortunately it's nine days until the auction closes

There's only one Siena on ebay which seems to be broken which backs up my concerns about not being durable. This one looks really similar to what he had but no buy it now again, don't people realise I have no patience!